Kacper Czapla Clinches 50 Fly Berth Forward Of 2015 World Medallist Konrad Czerniak In Lublin
Fifteen years and 0.33 separated the primary two males within the 50 fly as Kacper Czapla led dwelling Konrad Czerniak on the Polish Championships.
Czapla stopped the clock in 23.36 to match the qualification time for the World Championships in Singapore in July. Behind him got here Czerniak who took silver in 23.69.
Konrad Czerniak & Laszlo Cseh, 2017 worlds: Picture Courtesy: Picture Courtesy: SIPA USA
Czapla is 20 and making his approach on the senior stage whereas Czerniak is 35 and a adorned medallist on the world and European stage. The older man holds the Polish 50 fly document of 23.07 from the semis of the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia, earlier than he went on to take joint bronze with Laszlo Cseh in 23.15 behind Florent Manaudou and Nicholas Santos. Pawel Uryniuk was third in 23.72.
Julia Maik received the ladies’s race in 26.51 as 0.22 separated the primary 5 ladies dwelling.
Kamil Sieradzki fell simply 0.02 shy of the QT within the males’s 100 free when he got here dwelling in 48.36, a sliver exterior the A reduce of 48.34. With victory, Sieradzki added the two-length title to his 200 free gold which he secured in a Polish document of 1:46.02. It additionally elevated him to joint second-fastest performer within the all-time Polish rankings alongside Kacper Majchrzak who clocked the identical time on the 2017 Army World Video games. Solely Czerniak and his two prime performances of 48.22 and 48.32 on the supersuited worlds in 2009 have bettered the duo. Ksawery Masiuk claimed his fourth particular person medal of the meet with silver in 48.42 with Mateusz Chowaniec third in 48.75.
Zuzanna Famulok received the ladies’s 100 free in 55.10 with Barbara Leśniewska setting a Polish junior document of 55.34 and Wiktoria Guść third in 55.74.
Aleksandra Knop continued her medal-laden meet with gold within the 200IM in 2:13.94 to clinch the IM double with Michal Piela profitable the boys’s occasion in 2:02.44.
Dawid Wiekiera edged the boys’s 100m breaststroke by simply 0.03 after a stroke-for-stroke battle with 50 breast champion Jan Kalusowski. The pair couldn’t be separated at midway, each delivering 28.53, however it was Wiekiera who acquired his hand to the wall first in 1:00.17 to 1:00.20. Jan Gajda was third in 1:02.24.
Dominika Sztandera clinched the ladies’s 50/100 breast double with victory over two lengths in 1:07.60. Karolina Piechowicz (1:09.72) and Ewa Wrona (1:10.65) claimed the minor spoils.
